Work Futures Daily | Belonging, Not Fit
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Beacon NY | 2019–08–27 | Today’s issue gained its name from Pragya Agarwal’s piece, below.
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The wonderful weather is making it hard for me to work. Time for another walk.
Stories
The American Economy Is Creating a National Identity Crisis | Tim Wu says enough is enough: a national reckoning about the economy that defines us as economic units — as working drones and mindless consumers — is long overdue.
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Belonging In The Workplace: A New Approach to Diversity And Inclusivity | Pragya Agarwal debunks ‘cultural fit’ and offers ‘belonging’ in its place:
Baumeister and Leary define belonging as “the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group or place, and as the basic fundamental drive to form and maintain lasting, positive, and significant relationships with others.” People are motivated by an inherent desire to form inter-personal links and connections. But many diversity initiatives do not have the necessary impact.
